Global IT outage shows why you should be wary of turning on auto-updates

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IT professionals say there's one way the CrowdStrike outage could have been avoided.

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Did you turn it off and on? Microsoft says some users solved the CrowdStrike problem after rebooting up to 15 times.

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A mass IT outage has disrupted Microsoft systems.

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Why it's taking time for companies to recover from the CrowdStrike IT outage

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This will be the largest IT outage in history, bringing Y2K fears to reality, web-security expert says

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In the build-up to 2000, there was panic about the prospect of the Year 2000 problem, or Y2K bug, which people feared would cause mass outages.

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How one IT update gone wrong has sparked chaos around the world

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A global IT outage has caused problems at airports and many other organizations.

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The only solution to the 'blue screen of death' may be a manual fix — here's what you can try

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Many Windows computers are displaying a "blue screen of death" message.

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Emergency services say 911 lines are down in several states as a mass IT outage causes havoc

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The global IT outage has caused widespread disruption, with flights grounded and airport systems going down.

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NSA Claims It Can’t Watch an Important Tape It Recorded in the 1980s

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Cybercriminals Stole Text and Call Records From ‘Nearly All’ of AT&T’s Customers

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Reading the 1-Star Reviews of Ukraine’s Military Conscription App

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